"Hold on, hold on," he entreated a little huskily. "If I could only believe that—"
"Say, you two over there," Mollie's voice broke in upon them gayly, "we've been trying hard to be polite and not interrupt, but the clock has just struck twelve and we have a long ride before us to-morrow—or rather, to-day!"
Betty replied laughingly, but before she could rejoin the others, Joe had whispered another question.
"You really meant what you said?" he asked.
"With all my heart," she answered earnestly.
CHAPTER XII
NEARLY AN ACCIDENT
"Look at the sun! Look at the sun!" cried Betty, sitting up in bed and gazing joyfully out at the sun-drenched landscape. "Girls, for goodness sake, wake up. How can you sleep, Grace?"
Grace groaned and opened one eye.